It was literally an open mic with only two of the original police community advisory group members present to hear Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns outline its future role. The police advisory group was secretly formed by Chief Dennis Burns with its members handpicked from the community, several being rejected during the interviewing...
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Palo Alto vehicle dwellers received a reprieve at last night’s Policy and Services Committee meeting not to ban vehicle dwellers in a 3 to 1 vote. Instead choosing a 6 month pilot program modeled after the Homeless Car Camping Program in Eugene, Ore. Seriously absent throughout all discussions were the Palo Alto Human Relations...
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Dear Members of the Palo Alto City Council and All Concerned Citizens beyond: The Peninsula Peace and Justice Center–(I’m a long time member)–wants to move to amend the constitution to reverse the holding in the recent, U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v The Federal Elections Commission (2010) I am taking the opposite position...
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And why the need for a Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund? By some estimates there are now 1.1 million Californians who find themselves unemployed or underemployed. As it stands, over 613,000 Californians have lost all unemployment benefits and it may in fact be years before we see the light of day on any...
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People of Palo Alto demonstrated their solution-oriented forward thinking at last night’s meeting on Palo Alto’s proposed legislation regarding car dwellers. Stanford Lutheran Church was filled with vehicle dwellers and home dwellers who expressed personal fears for safety, for their children’s well being; concerns about safety, sanitation, human rights, fairness; and possible solutions to...
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Welcome to the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission Now Go Home! Perhaps thousands of emails sent to hrc@cityofpaloalto.org have gone unanswered. And no one in the community has been informed of this change.  So it would appear the community has been left in the dark.  So if you have been sending your heart felt...
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When I asked this PAPD officer if he had ever been arrested he had that quizzical look upon his face.   I thought it was an appropriate question given the fact that many notorious “gang” members bare the marking of their trade. When I questioned him further he said it was for “religious” reasons.  Okay,...
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